Hay-press.



D'. H,.1HARDEN. HAY PRESS..

APPLICATI 0N FILED APR. 6. |917.

41 ,27 9 ,54.1 i vPatented Sept. 24,- 1918.

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ToV alvlzwh'om t maycwo'nce'ru 'j i Be it known that I, DANIEL a Citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Banks, in thecounty; of Pike, State of Alaf bama, haveinventedfcertain new and useful lmpi'o veni'entsv in; Hay-Presses; andi Ifd'o hereby declare the following tobe a full,'j clear,v and exact ,description ofthe invenf' tion, such'as'Will enable others skilled inf the l appertfainsto'malre'anduse" I level?fbyfneans'f'acouplngji? 'sojthat when Said: leverjfis operatedfir l one direction' g lll bef'frced inwardly in"` the'ff artitoV which' it til-esame: i' This invention isVV an improvement in presses and has 4partici'il'ar' reference to' a baling press.

of y improved vmeans 'for operating the usual cessively actuating a pair of' oscillatory members, one of which reciprocates the plunger in one direction While the other reciprocates the same inan opposite direction.

Another object is theproyisio'n of'ap'ress of this character which is simpleii'icon'struction, easy y to manufacture l and ,effective in carrying out the purpose forwhich itis i said lever is positively actuated the last nienf signed.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustrating the present invention, is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein z- Figure 1 is a top plan view lconstructed in accordance With the invenerally indicated by the numeral 9 and in-V cluding the side members 10 connected at adj acent ends to the body of the press 5, said side members being joined at their outer ends by the transverse end member 11. A vertically arranged bearing shaft 12 is mounted in one of the side members 10 ad- .jacent its outer end and carries anoscillatory Speccation of LettrsPatent;

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An ob'ect ofthe invention is the irovision of the press l having the shaft 18 thereon', said shaft 23 iaivrliihicii' @nenas transversely lor; the* ananas its 'datetime endbeveled as) indicate'dlat '114 fora purpose Which will laten appear.. The( leyerf 1 3 f is' horizontally ar-l lesearedero; mehr membef einem theash'aft "12, said arm ven,gagging the, 'under side of the lever 13.V rllhe p lungergrod 8 is'fconnectedo intermediate;prtiol Of" the 1n infthe' opp I directionV from that in: whichY the lever 1'3' tiiates" the same, the `side mema` be'r`10 opposit'eftl' tnfliich carries the'shaft 12 `provided 4With asimilar bearing 'shaft ll'Sup'oiji Vpivotallyfinounted an' oscil-` latorylever 19j one' end" of 'which is pro-j' vided'vvith a surface 20. V'I h'e'fun'd'er side guide plates V,22 between which disposed theg other'end ofthe lever 19 so that vvh'en reciprocate the plungerfrod 8 tioned end thereofy Will contact the Contact vforce the same in anoutward direction.

The means for oscillating the levers 13 and'19 preferably comprises a vertical bearing shaft 23 carried bythe side member 10 being positioned adjacent'the outer end of said side member andV has rotatably mounted thereon the operating lever 24C.` One end of )this lever may be connected to any suitable source of power, (not shown) so that a continuous rotary movement may be impartedv to the same. Carried by the operating lever 24 on each side of the shaft 23 is a spindle 25 having a Vroller 26 mounted upon its lower end, each of said rollers being adapted to contact the beveled end 14 of the lever 13 and the cam surface 20 of thelever 19 so'ias to oscillate said levers in the desired direction. It Will be apparent'from the Vforegoing description that as the operating lever24 is rotated, o-ne of the rollers 26v Will contact the beveled end of the lever 13 and force the 'disengage the roller from the lever 13 andv immediately causethe same to engage the cam surface 20 of the lever 19 andV oscillate said lever about its pivot to cause its opposite end to strike the pin 21 adjacent the outer end-of the rod 8 and pull said rod outwardly after which said roller will in turn become disengaged from the lever 19. The outward movement of the rod 8 will return the lever 13 to its normal position in the path of the rollers and when the next succeeding roller engages said lever 13 and forces ,the rod S inwardly, as previously described, the lever 19 will be returned to its normal position by the contacting pin 21 adjacent vthe outer end of said rod 8 whereupon the cam surface of said lever 19 will again be in the path of movement of said succeeding roller and thus be in a position to again be operated..

What is claimed is l. A press of the character described comprising a plunger, a rod for reciprocating said plunger, a pair of oscillatory levers for reciprocating said rod in opposite directions, one of said levers being connected intermediate its ends to oneend of said rod whereby the operation of the latter will transmit mo- Y tion to said rod in one direction, the other lever having a cam surface, a contact pin also carried by said rod and engageable with said other lever whereby operation of the latter will reciprocate said rod in the opposite direction, and continuously rotatable means engageable successivel-y with the first Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Y and connected intermediate its ends to one end of said rod whereby to operate the latter in opposite directions,'a second vertical shaft carried by the other side member intermediate its ends, a second oscillatory lever pivotally mounted upon said second shaft and having an end in engagement with said rod whereby to reciprocate the same in the other direction, and a continuously rotatable element pivotally vconnected to the last named side member and connected tothe adjacent end of said end member and successively engageable with said oscillatory levers for alternately operating the same.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL H. HARDEN.

Washington, ID. C3 

